Kyoto Colors - Streets

Eight Coffee Shop on Teramachi St.

This retro-looking coffee shop is on Teramachi Street between Nijo and Oshikoji. With the steady encroachment of coffee shop chains like Starbucks, it is becoming harder and harder to find this kind of family-owned coffee shop even in Kyoto. In fact, this part of Teramachi Street has not been invaded by any major chains and hosts a good ensemble of small local shops-- from a tailor and butcher to a family-owned furniture shop and several second-hand bookstores.